Timothy Virkkala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The top one is called an "800K External Drive," the bottom one an "Apple 3.5 > Drive." Both work fine on all my compact Macs (SE-Classic II), but only with > 800k floppies. It turns out that both were made before the SE started > shipping high-density drives in late 1989. (My SE reads the high-density > floppies.)
The top drive is a Mac-only 800K drive as it doesn't have an eject button. The lower drive has the eject button and associated circuitry so it can be used on an Apple II with appropriate 3.5" 800K disk controller. As the Pickle said, the lower drive was very widely used with the Apple IIgs (so there are loads around, even in Europe) and I would guess that the top one is less common. > So: What are the external drives for the high-density disks called? Do they > look pretty much like these? ( The external high density drive uses the same case as the lower drive with eject button. There is an FDHD label on the front but it is otherwise the same apart from the drive mechanism. > Were many of them made? Any? (I suppose that there would be little use for > them after the compacts began using internal hard drives.) Not a lot apparently. The greatest interest in the external FDHD was/is from IIgs users but the high density controller card was/is difficult to obtain. If anyone has a spare, please mail me off list... Phil -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
